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I Created a VFX Robot Animation in Blender + Maya

This video was SO much fun to make!! I worked super hard on it and tried a bunch of things I haven’t done before - and I feels like it’s been years since I’ve just let myself learn something ...

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My Summer Animation Classes

My first full animation classes! I'm excited to try this out; I've taught Maya workshops and I've done animation talks / seminars, but I've never taught a class before.

The J...

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I Started an Animation Studio... and it Failed

Hear the story of how it failed, and why I shut it down after a year. This is what I've been doing for the last year or so, and it's finally time to tell you wat went down!

Also, if you're on...

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My Biggest Animation Student Mistakes

I've been wanting to make this video for literal YEARS, and I finally decided to do it! Great advice for everyone to refresh themselves on, especially if you have a teacher or a mentor. They will t...

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Maya 2024 - New Animation Features

There aren't a ton, but there are a few really good ones in there!

Check them out :)

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Gimbal Lock Explained | Your Animation is Lying to You

This is one of the most confusing things to happen to so many animation students during their shots - no one really understands it because no one ever explains why it happens... Until now!

To...

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20 Things Every Animator Should Know When Starting Out

There are questions every animator asks, and things we've all wondered - let's save you some time, shall we?

Maya for Animators 2023 - 2023-03-20 15:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post

How FAST is the RTX 4090 for 3D Animation + Rendering??

This is the full RTX 30 Series Comparison!!! I included the RTX 4090 / 3090 / 3080 / 3070 / A6000 (Quadro Card) to get a super comprehensive test.

Enjoy!! :)

And in case you missed the ...

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Now Included in my Patreon Mentorship: animBot!

The kind people over at animBot have granted us access to Educational Licenses :D

I did a video awhile back with some of my favorit...

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7 Reasons You're Animating in the Graph Editor WRONG

Graph editor workflow tips and tricks! Stuff that'll change the way you work in the graph editor if you don't know it all already! And I'll bet there's at least 1 you don't already know :)

Fi...

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Let's Talk About Animation Mentor

This video ended up taking 7 months to make, but it was SO worth it!

Easily one of the most valuable videos on my channel, this is an interview with 10 different students and alumni animators...

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Animation Workshop - Maya for Animators!

I'm excited to announce my first workshop in over 2 years! :D

I want to share more about it, specifically here on Patreon, but here are 3 things everyone on Patreon needs to know View Post

Animating with Motion Capture for the First Time!

This one was difficult! I've never tried mocap before, so it was a brand new experience for me. But I loved experimenting with different ideas and workflows.

I hope you enjoy it! And if you h...

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This Laptop is Faster than Your Desktop PC for 3D Creation

I think I'm one of the first people to get to test and talk about the new RTX 3080Ti in a laptop!! Maybe even before LTT!

So let's see how Maya, Blender, Houdini, UE4, and Omniverse handle wi...

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The Biggest LIE in Animation - "It's Who You Know"

It's a phrase I used to believe; here's why it's not true!

Also, Happy New Year!! :D

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Attempting Blender's 2D Grease Pencil

It's been a million years since I posted a video but I've been very excited to make this one
for a long time.

Please enjoy Benjamin the Sponsor Frog - I spent SOOOOOOO many hours figurin...

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MSI Industrial Design Challenge

Hi everyone!

I recently worked with MSI to participate in their Industrial Design Challenge. My goal was to create a new PC design that I'd like to see.

I went for this PC gaming backpa...

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How to Animate SPEED - Smears + Duplicate Limbs

Next time you're animating something super fast, consider adding animated smear frames or duplicate limbs to your shot! :)

Fun fact: This is the second version of this video I made - we liter...

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How to Build 3D Scenes in MINUTES - Previs Workflows

These Previs Workflows will let you adapt any concept art or 2D image to a full 3D scene with very little 3D Modeling, sculpting, or texturing, or lighting!

I learned these tips from a modele...

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Recreating Game Environments with Ai - NVIDIA Canvas

Today is a super fun video, sponsored by NVIDIA. They're really great to work with, by the way. Extremely flexible and super interested in letting me do my thing to make a fun video. One of my favo...

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My Full Guide to Lip Sync Animation!

This is my 5-stage guide to animating lip sync dialogue shots! Starting with finding the audio and going all the way to polish, with full sections on workflow, dialogue sound + animation breakdowns...

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I Turned Myself into a 2D Animated Character!

This one took me about 3 weeks to make, and it was a super fun challenge!

I think it turned out really well!

Enjoy :D

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A 700% Speed Increase in Blender? HOW!?

Also in case you missed 11 Lessons I Learned at DreamWorks:
https://youtu.be/Lb-pMheduZA :)

I'm workin...

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The 7 Workflows of Professional Animators

Here are some in-depth examples of how you can utilize new animation workflows into your next shots!

We start off a bit basic, but this video FOR SURE has something for everyone.

These ...

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Animator Movie Rankings - All Pixar, Disney, DreamWorks Films (2021)

Today I rank EVERY animated feature film from Snow White to Soul, from the 3 biggest Animation Studios .. We've got a lot to cover :)

This video gave me a TON of other video ideas, but I hop ...

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Make Your Animation Look GREAT - Maya to Blender Render Workflow

Happy New Year!! :)

This is my first Maya x Blender Hybrid Tutorial! This one shows how to take animation from Maya and bring it into Blender to render in Cycles or Eevee - including how to d...

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Rendering with RTX 3090 in Blender + Maya (16K Renders!?)

Who wants to see how long it takes for the RTX 3090 to render 2K / 4K / 16K images in Maya's Arnold or in Blender's Cycles? I have some benchmarks to share and some examples to compare! :)

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Answering the Question - Will I Return to the Studios?

Episode 6 of the "How to Become an Animator" series is back, after 3 years! Let it play all the way through, give it a thumbs up, all that good stuff!

Hope you enjoy the update :)

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Online Networking + Personal Branding for Artists

Looking for some tips to build your online presence and get your work seen? Here you go!

This one is sponsored by Artstation, so expect some pro strats involving their website builder and oth...

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Exploring the Toy Story Character Rigs! (Free Download)

Looking for some Pixar characters to animate and add to your demo reel? Today is your lucky day! This video is a little tips and guide on how to use these characters for 3D character animation!

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